The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps
New York: Quadrangle/NY Times Book Co., c1977. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 207, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, usual library markings. More
New York: Quadrangle/NY Times Book Co., c1977. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 207, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, usual library markings. More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1950. First Printing. 390, index, slight discolor ins bds, sm rough spots ins bds, bds & spine scuffed & worn, tears at spine, sm rough spot on spine. More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1950. First Printing. Hardcover. Format is 5 inches by 7.5 inches. viii, [2], 390 pages. Index, Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian and military theorist. In the 1920s and later he wrote a series of military histories that proved influential among strategists. He argued that frontal assault was a strategy that was bound to fail at great cost in lives, as happened in the First World War. He instead recommended the "indirect approach" and reliance on fast-moving armored formations. In his writings on mechanized warfare, Liddell Hart had proposed that infantry be carried along with the fast-moving armored formations. He described them as "tank marines" like the soldiers the Royal Navy carried with their ships. He proposed they be carried along in their own tracked vehicles and dismount to help take better-defended positions that otherwise would hold up the armored units. That contrasted with J.F.C. Fuller's ideas which put heavy emphasis on massed armored formations. Liddell Hart foresaw the need for a combined arms force with mobile infantry and artillery, which was similar but not identical to the make-up of the panzer divisions that Heinz Guderian developed in Germany. In 1954, Liddell Hart published his most influential work, Strategy. The book was largely devoted to a historical study of the indirect approach and in what ways various battles and campaigns could be analyzed using that concept. Still relevant, it was a factor in the development of the British maneuver warfare doctrine. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First American Edition. 768, maps, bibliography, index, wrinkling inside rear board, DJ slightly soiled and some wear along edges. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxx, 545, [5] pages. Endpaper maps. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps (incl. 2 fold-out). Appendix. Index. Index to Editorial Notes by General Bayerlein. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. It has wear, tears, soiling, and chips. Embossed stamp of previous owner on title page. Contents include: Introduction, The Story of the Rommel Papers by Manfred Rommel, Editorial Note, Part One: France 1940; Part Two: The War in Africa--First Year; Part Three: The War in Africa--Second Year; Part Four: Italy; Part Five: Invasion. The Rommel Papers is the collected writings by the German World War II field marshal Erwin Rommel published in 1953. The book included Rommel's writings of the war, edited by the British strategist and historian B. H. Liddell Hart, the former Wehrmacht officer Fritz Bayerlein, who served on Rommel's staff in North Africa, and Rommel's widow and son. The volume contained an introduction and commentary by Liddell Hart. Liddell Hart had a personal interest in the work: by having coaxed Rommel's widow to include material favorable to himself, he could present Rommel as his "pupil" when it came to mobile armored warfare. Thus, Liddell Hart's "theory of indirect approach" became a precursor to the German blitzkrieg ("lightning war"). The controversy was described by the political scientist John Mearsheimer in his work The Weight of History, who concluded that, by "putting words in the mouths of German Generals and manipulating history", Liddell Hart was in a position to show that he had been at the root of the dramatic German successes in 1940. More
New York: Dutton, 1940. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 205, bibliography, index, boards worn and soiled. More
New York: Beaufort Books, c1982. First American Edition. 24 cm, 284, illus., maps, glossary, chronology, select bibliography, index DJ edges slightly worn. More
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom: Pen & Sword, 2017. Presumed First U.K. Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 127, [1] pages. Illustrated front cover. Illustrations (some in color). Technical Data. This is one of the Fact File series. Historian and author Alexander Lüdeke's main interests are the military and the history of technology. He has an extensive image library, which includes numerous illustrations, a selection of which can be found in this Fact File publication. Geoffrey Michael Brooks is a writer and translator. He works as a freelance translator from German and Spanish. His first book, Hitler"s Nuclear Weapons, was published in the United States by Leo Cooper in 1992. This was followed by Hirschfeld - The Secret Diary of a U-Boat Commander (1996) and FIPS - Legendary U-Boat Commander (1999), both of which he translated and edited, and were also published initially under the Leo Cooper/Pen And Sword Books imprint. His latest book Hitler"s Terror Weapons details the development of secret technology under the Third Reich, and was published in Great Britain in 2002,. He has translated for publication 32 military books from the German for United Kingdom publishers Pen & Sword Books, Greenhill Books/Frontline Books and Chatham Publishing. More
New York, N.Y. Ballantine Books Inc., 1969. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 160 pages. Illustrations. Cover has wear, soiling, and creases. Topics covered include Secret birth; Poland: The Early Trial; France: The designs are sealed; Diversions: The Southward Urge; Russia: The Strain of Disillusionment; The desert: Armour in Control; Stalingrad: Death of an elite; The New elite; The rot sets in; Shoreing up the west wall; The last reserve; The war of the Panzers; and Bibliography. This is Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, Weapons Book, No. 2. Kenneth John Macksey MC (1 July 1923 – 30 November 2005) was a British author and historian who specialized in military history and military biography, particularly of the Second World War. Macksey was commissioned in the Royal Armoured Corps and served during the Second World War (earning a Military Cross). Macksey later wrote the authoritative biography of Hobart. Macksey gained a permanent commission in 1946, was transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment in 1947, reached the rank of major in 1957 and retired from the Army in 1968. Amongst many other books, Macksey wrote two volumes of alternate history, one, entitled Invasion, dealt with a successful invasion of England by Germany in 1940 and the other describing a NATO–Warsaw Pact clash in the late 1980s. The latter book, First Clash, was done under contract to the Canadian Forces and focuses on the Canadian role in such a conflict. In Macksey's Guderian: Panzer General, he refuted the view of historian Sir Basil Liddell-Hart regarding Hart's influence on the development of German Tank Theory in the years leading up to 1939. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., maps, bookplate, some wear and soiling to covers. Introduction by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart. More
Briar Cliff Manor, N.Y. Stein and Day, 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 262, [2] pages. Includes Comparative Table of Officers' Ranks in the German, British and American Armies, List of Illustrations, List of Maps, and Preface, Bibliography, and Index. Chapters include A Peculiar Fellow; Factors for the Future; The Blackest Days; The Search for a Saviour, The Creation of the Panzertruppe, Vindication in Poland, The Green Light through France; The Fate of a Hero; The Road to Lotzen, The Last in the Line, The Final Stand, and Seer, Technician, Genius or Germany's Best General? Some wear and slight discoloration to text. Red notation on bottom of spine. Some soiling, tears, and chips to dust jacket. Kenneth John Macksey MC (1 July 1923 – 30 November 2005) was a British author and historian who specialized in military history and military biography, particularly of the Second World War. Macksey was commissioned in the Royal Armoured Corps and served during the Second World War (earning a Military Cross under the command of Percy Hobart). Macksey later wrote the (authoritative) biography of Hobart. Macksey gained a permanent commission in 1946, was transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment in 1947, reached the rank of major in 1957 and retired from the Army in 1968. In Macksey's Guderian: Panzer General, he refuted the view of historian Sir Basil Liddell-Hart regarding Hart's influence on the development of German Tank Theory in the years leading up to 1939. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. Second Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., maps, bookplate, some wear and soiling to covers. Introduction by Barrie Pitt. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., plans, bookplate. Introduction by Sir Charles Broad. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. Book Club Edition. Quarto, 160, illus. (some in color), endpaper plans, bibliography, index, DJ soiled and small tears at spine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. Fifth Printing. Quarto, 160, illus. (some in color), endpaper plans, bibliography, index, some wear to cover and spine edges. More
Washington, DC: Brassey's, c1996. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 1141, illus., maps, bookplate inside front endpaper, minor soiling and edge wear to DJ. More
New York: Time Incorporated, 1982. Time Reading Program Special Edition. Trade paperback. [16], 373, [3] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Glossary of Main Weapons. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ink notation inside front cover. Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall (July 18, 1900 – December 17, 1977) was a chief U.S. Army combat historian during World War II and the Korean War. Known professionally as S. L. A. Marshall, and nicknamed "Slam" (the combination of all four of his initials), he authored some 30 books about warfare, including Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, which was made into a film. During World War II, Marshall was an official Army combat historian, and knew many of the war's best-known Allied commanders. He conducted hundreds of interviews of both enlisted men and officers regarding their combat experiences, and was an early proponent of oral history techniques. Marshall favored the group interview, where he would gather surviving members of a front line unit together and debrief them on their combat experiences of a day or two before. More
New York: Time Incorporated, 1962. Special Edition. Trade paperback. 373, [3] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Glossary. Index. Front cover separated and taped back to spine. Covers soiled. Time Reading Program Special Edition. Study of the Korean War battle of the Chongchon River. The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, also known as the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on, was a decisive battle in the Korean War, and it took place from November 25 to December 2, 1950, along the Ch'ongch'on River Valley in the northwestern part of North Korea. In response to the successful Chinese First Phase Campaign against the United Nations (UN) forces, General Douglas MacArthur launched the Home-by-Christmas Offensive to expel the Chinese forces from Korea and to end the war. Anticipating this reaction, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) Commander Peng Dehuai planned a counteroffensive, dubbed the "Second Phase Campaign", against the advancing UN forces. More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1943. First Edition. 171, index, front DJ flap price clipped, ink notation inside rear board. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., covers worn and soiled, bookplate. Introduction by John Keegan. More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. Second Edition [stated] Third Impression [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8.25 inches. Cover has some wear and soiling. 249, [3] pages. Contains 37 Diagrams. May be missing front end paper as pagination is 'off' by one sheet (two page numbers). Preface; Introduction by Tom Wintringham; Two Doctrines; The Spanish Laboratory; Thrust and Pocket Tactics; Battle on Narrow Fronts; The Air Arm Over Battle; The Panzer Divisions; Panzers at Work; Tactics of Combat Teams; Artillery Decentralized; Principles of Defence; Islands of Resistance; Web Defence; The Counter-Blitz; Appendix 1; Appendix II; Appendix III; and an Index. This copy once belonged to Lt. Edgar T. Martin, Signal Corps who was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in London in June, 1942. Notation of same on half-title page. Ferdinand Otto Miksche was an officer in the Czechoslovakian Army, the British Army, and ultimately the French Army; and was also a prolific author on politico-military subjects. He attended the (Austro-Hungarian) Imperial Military College, and also the LudovMore. More
London, England and Nashville, TN: The Imperial War Museum In Association with The Battery Press, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. xvi, 399, [1], plus a section of maps and a map in rear pocket. Front endpaper map. Frontis illustration. Footnotes. Preface by Brigadier-General Sir James E. Edmonds, The History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence is a series of 109 volumes, covering the British war effort during the First World War. It was produced by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, from 1915 to 1949 and from 1919 was Directed by Brigadier-General Sir James Edmonds, who wrote many of the army volumes and influenced the choice of historians for the navy, air force, medical and veterinary volumes. The first "army" publication, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1914 part I and a separate map case were published in 1922 and the final volume, The Occupation of Constantinople was published in 2010. The History of the Great War Military Operations volumes, were originally intended as a technical history for military staff. Single-volume popular histories of military operations and naval operations written by civilian writers, were to be produced for the general public. More
Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, [1986]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 70, wraps, illus., chronology, slight wear and soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1989. 24 cm, 43, wraps, 4 fold-out maps, bookplate, slight wear and soiling to covers. CMH Pub 104-17. More